Modern Log Cabin Quilt Designs

Traditional log cabin blocks are joined with easy to piece star sashing for an all american quilt.

Modern log cabin quilt designs.

Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities. A log cabin quilt or log cabin quilt block is one of the most popular traditional quilt patterns and is pieced together using strips of fabric with a small square at the center of the block br br log cabin quilt patterns are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. And depending on the arrangement of the blocks and the fabric colors chosen it can also make a great modern quilt. This versatile quilt block is a fun way to test your creativity in color and design to give a new spin on an old classic.

The book begins with an excellent chapter on quiltmaking basics followed by a chapter on log cabin block styles. Here we ve compiled a list of our. Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink. Log cabin quilt blocks are a timeless and simple pattern easy for any quilter to master.

And because a log cabin design consists of just square and rectangular shapes it. Buy this pattern here. I love them also for their potential for block variation. There really is a pattern for everyone.

However more experienced quilters still love them as log cabin blocks can be made many different ways. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board. Of course there are many other log cabin quilt designs in the book including the classic log cabin courthouse steps and wonky log cabins with improvisational piecing.